Research Article

Selective Chelating Resin for Copper Removal and Recovery in Aqueous Acidic Solution Generated from Synthetic Copper-Citrate Complexes from Bioleaching of E-waste

Table 3

Percentage copper (II) ions adsorbed onto Na+-form and H+-form chelating resins and changed pH of the acidic solutions.

Chelating resinNa+-formH+-form
Percent adsorption ()Final pHPercent adsorption ()Final pH

Chelex 10041.472.4839.212.03
Dowex m419556.972.3586.202.01
Lewatit TP26052.912.4346.842.02